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After 27 years of using the same basic designs, I guess it had to be
time for a change. These simple and attractive designs depict the
wildlife native to South Africa. There is an array of cylinder blocks
and varieties to collect, most being quite easy to find. Look out for
the spectacular “Drakensburg Mountains” variety that occurs on the top
margin of the first 1d printings. The chromium plating peeling off the
printing plate caused this variety. The flaw grew with time; hence the
“mountain range” gets longer! The popular subject of these definitives
was revisited in the 1993 6th Definitives of the Republic.
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